Post by lousan92 on Jun 10, 2014 5:29:31 GMT -5

Do they explicitly state that summer episodes are reruns? Because in Spain they also rerun episodes from the second half of July to the last week of August or the first of September, but they don't say that they are rerunning episodes. But it's obvious that they are rerunning episodes because of the wheel configurations and some puzzles that they don't play anymore.

Post by mechamind on Jun 10, 2014 9:07:23 GMT -5

Do they explicitly state that summer episodes are reruns? Because in Spain they also rerun episodes from the second half of July to the last week of August or the first of September, but they don't say that they are rerunning episodes. But it's obvious that they are rerunning episodes because of the wheel configurations and some puzzles that they don't play anymore.

It's not explicit, but since September 1998, it has always been 39 straight weeks of new shows and 13 straight weeks of reruns (with the exception of Season 26, which aired its last week over a month later).

Post by WarioSajak on Jun 10, 2014 11:54:21 GMT -5

And before that, it was 39 weeks of first-run with a week of repeats slotted in late December/early January and late March/early April, followed by eleven more weeks of repeats in the Summer.

As for distinguishing between first-run and repeats, originally the reruns had new fee plugs during the final segment, which typically resulted in a different-looking chyron to show those replacement sponsors (and in the case of the first 3-4 seasons, a cutaway during the scrolling sponsor list). Since the introduction of SPIN IDs, the only real difference between first-run and repeats are the use of replacement Spin IDs.

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Post by MarioGS on Jun 10, 2014 12:23:40 GMT -5

The summer reruns are almost never acknowledged. The only time I can recall is during the closing of the Season 29 premiere where Pat said they were back after "'The Best of Wheel'...We don't like to call them what they really are, which is 'reruns'." They don't even acknowledge season finales anymore (if ever).

Post by ten96lt on Jun 10, 2014 16:44:56 GMT -5

The biggest question is whether we'll see the weeks with the two episodes that gave Wheel negative publicity this season: Season Premiere week (CURIO) and College Week (ACHILLES).

What would you put as odds they'll replay College Week? If we had a bonus round win that week, I would put it in the high 80% range. It's cliche but I can't give it more than a coin flip at this point (since Jeopardy also likes to re-air the kids/teens/college editions in the summer, I'll lean more towards yes with it airing in August for back to school as a bonus prediction).

Post by MarioGS on Jun 10, 2014 16:49:16 GMT -5

College Week is one of WOF's flagship themes, so there is a decent chance it'll get rerun (Season 29's with the "MAGIC WAND" debacle did). However, if I were in charge, I would probably pull the Friday show and air the sixth episode in its place.

And at least one of the Vegas weeks is pretty much guaranteed aside from New Year's and Valentine's Day.

Post by lousan92 on Jun 16, 2014 6:06:29 GMT -5

I don't know if they rerun sweepstakes weeks... Although the only difference was the addition of a puzzle that viewers must enter in Wheel's site to have an option to win the prize... They could cut this segment and air it without any problem, as with the Millionaire Maker weeks. But this is different because they are sweepstakes made by the show, and V8 is a commercial trademark...

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